Jensin Wallace relates her trip to Slovenia to collaborate with a man suffering from tetraplegia to create custom smart clothing to assist him on a day to day basis - all controlled by his cell phone! Wow!

Jensin was trained as textile textile designer at the Rhode Island School of Design and experimented with how to make sound and emotions tangible. After getting some experience in the luxury fashion industry, she went back to school and received a Masters of Design focusing in fashion and technology. Currently she works as a sweater technical designer for a high end women's label in NYC.

George Boorujy was born and bred in New Providence New Jersey, and now lives in Brooklyn, along with almost everyone else. He is represented by P.P.O.W. gallery in New York, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts.

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Carlos Chirinos’ work explores innovation and creativity in emerging global music industries, looking at the role of music in public health, international development and social change. He has been a key consultant for radio and music projects in Europe, Africa and Japan - and most recently worked to develop Africa Stop Ebola, a global music campaign to raise awareness about Ebola in West Africa that was featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, BBC and CNN, for which he received an award from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Defense, and USAID.

Currently, Professor Chirinos collaborates with the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, curating music performances to engage the Latin community living in New York City. He is also involved in projects in the UK, Tanzania, Cuba and other countries, looking at the role of music industries in economic development, tourism and social entrepreneurship. He also runs New York University's Music and Social Change Lab.

Claire Tansey is a chef, teacher and food expert. She has over 20 years experience in restaurants, education and media, notably as Food Director at Chatelaine and on Cityline. She thinks life is complicated; cooking shouldn't be.

When a psychic tells you to take a trip to Scotland do you go? Design Principal Brynne Rinderknecht did! Find out what happens in her presentation from PK NY Vol 17..

Brynne Rinderknecht of From the Inside creates residential, commercial and hospitality interiors with a focus on connecting spirits to surroundings. Originally from ST. Louis and a graduate of SAIC in Chicago, Brynne has made New York City home: collaborating with people to make functional and sustainable concepts—conscious.

Will Drucker is a sustainability practitioner and whiskey lover. At PechaKucha Night NYC, Will takes us through the history and process of whiskey making - from the tree to the bottle!

Will is devoted to building businesses that support the circular economy. Will hails from the cities and farms of the Midwest. College took him to Vermont where he studied neuroscience and deepened his love for the natural world. Will can't resist music, birds, biking, good food and adventure.

From Texas to New York to Brazil, professional pizza man Anthony Falco has been active in the food industry from a widely popular french fry stand to a famous Bushwick pizzeria, to perfecting delicious bread recipes with his kids. At PechaKucha Night NYC, he talks about the process and health benefits to naturally leavened dough!

SITEWIDE BLOG POSTS

SET Japan has designed for us a beautiful (and workable) QR code that points to our Global PechaKucha Day - Inspire Japan site -- any mobile phone that can read QR codes can point to it, and it will bring them to the site (which is mobile-friendly), where you can make donations directly. We'd like to invite everyone to use the code (you can download it in various formats here), to help spread the word on the event, and to help make it easy for anyone to access it -- it should pop up on Inspire Japan-related posters, flyers, or even as a slide at PechaKucha Nights through April and May.

Cork is taking part in the Inspire Japan efforts, although its event (PechaKucha Night Vol. 4) will be held on April 20 at Crane Lane Theatre, kicking off at 20:00 -- you'll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page.

The city of Cork will be participating in our upcoming PechaKucha Global Cities Week, with its PechaKucha Night Vol. 6 to be held on February 29 at the Crane Lane Theatre. Check the official event page later as the presenters list gets updated.

Today's presentation, "Coping with Istanbul," was recorded at PechaKucha Night in Istanbul Vol. 13 -- part of the Global Cities Week -- and features Murat Germen covering the changes in Istanbul's architectural fabric over the years.

Presentations
We kick off a new week of presentations with one from Curitiba (Vol. 1) and one from Cork (Vol. 3). In "Underground Food" (in Portuguese), Guilherme Caldas takes us on a tour Curitiba's lesser known culinary highlights. If you've been feeling like you need to get a bit more excitement in your day, try following Niall Doherty and his "Random Acts of Courage."
Posters
We've got a few new posters on our Tumblr blog, including the ones for PKN Mendoza Vol. 4 (above), PKN London Vol. 6, and PKN&nbsp;Dnipropetrovsk Vol. 1, which debuts tomorrow.
Videos
Instead of sharing photos today, and since there seems to be an absolute boom in these, today we share a few teaser videos that have been produced for PKNs -- we love them so much that we often play some at our PKNs here in Tokyo. Below, teaser videos for PKN Curitiba Vol. 2, PKN Tel Aviv Vol. 13, and PKN Lisbon Vol. 14.
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Links"New voices seek to harmonize with Toledo arts community" [Toledo Free Press]Calendar
Tonight (Monday, May 21) you have your choice of the very first PechaKucha Night in the city of Muscat, Oman, or another blockbuster PKN (Vol. 13) in Tel Aviv. Tomorrow (May 22), Montreal will be hosting its Vol. 22, and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine -- how's that for a mouthful -- will have its first PKN.&nbsp;

Presentations
What's an anamorphic lens? Find out in this presentation (from PKN Cork Vol. 1) by Mike Hannon, as he talks about his love of this photography accessory, leaving you with the following thought: How can something so geeky be so entertaining?
In this presentation (in Italian, from PKN Pisa Vol. 1), Juri Favilli covers an architectural renovation project for a flat in the middle of Florence's old town. The concept was to have new living areas in which most of the home's functions were placed in the walls. You end up with a living space with almost no furniture, which answered the client's request of wanting an "ordered home."
Posters
There are no new additions to the Tumblr blog today, so we'll highlight (above) yesterday's PKN Kyoto Vol. 7 flyer -- the event takes place this coming Sunday (June 17).
Photos
Above, a first look -- and a panoramic one at that -- at the scene for last night's PKN Ottawa Vol. 5,&nbsp;about 30 minutes before the start. As PKN Ottawa organizer Remco Volmer tells us, "the speakers were great, the room was nearly at capacity, and the vibe was terrific."
Calendar
First up, here are tonight's (June 14) events: PKN Pittsfield Vol. 14, PKN Toronto Vol. 16, PKN Ornskoldsvik Vol. 1, PKN Portsmouth Vol. 11, and PKN Saint-Etienne Vol. 10. Tomorrow, you can look forward to the following four events: PKN Zilina Vol. 19, PKN Orlando Vol. 6, PKN Des Moines Vol. 10, and PKN Paris Vol. 18.&nbsp;

Who knew auto-generated patterns could turn out to be beautiful?&nbsp;
Elizabeth "Libs" Elliott&nbsp;merges old craft and modern art forms to create beautiful quilts with a&nbsp;technological&nbsp;twist. In "The Morden Heirloom: Coding Quilts" from PKN Toronto Vol. 29 using the Processing visual programming language, Elizabeth&nbsp;generates random patterns for her quilts by altering code to play with colour palettes,&nbsp;geometric&nbsp;shapes, and other variables. She draws out each&nbsp;pattern by hand and then sews them onto quilts.&nbsp;

"I was driven by this insane inner urge to do something...the only way to deal with it was to abandon myself."Based in Paris since 2012, Lebanese-Canadian pianist &amp; composer&nbsp;Jad Salameh&nbsp;shares with us the story of his life-long affair with creativity. In 'It Comes in Whispers', from&nbsp;PechaKucha Night Beirut,&nbsp;Vol. 21. he goes through his composition process and how he came to understand the relationship between his own mind and the music he writes.Little whispers, great ideas!
"Presentation of the Day" on March 30, 2015.